Kaya Leaving; John Davis in as interim

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, who do people actually want? What would an ideal candidate be?

I know my suggestion won't be popular -- least of all with the person I'm suggesting -- but I think Abigail Smith should be considered. I can't defend her entire track record, but I think she has dealt with the system long enough to know what can and should be fixed.

you're brave to post that here

She would be worth considering but I don't see it after the boundary review fallout

She is and was an effective leader that took on an issue that needed to be dealt with after 40 years. But think about it. She was Mayor Gray's deputy. Wrong team.

So was Kaya

[Anonymous]

Any Stoddert, Key, Marie Reed, Ross or Hyde-Addison parents with thoughts on the Fillmore Arts debacle? Davis owns that one too, no? When he met with the Stoddert community did he share that their arts program was going to be eliminated 2 months later?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, who do people actually want? What would an ideal candidate be?

I know my suggestion won't be popular -- least of all with the person I'm suggesting -- but I think Abigail Smith should be considered. I can't defend her entire track record, but I think she has dealt with the system long enough to know what can and should be fixed.

you're brave to post that here

She would be worth considering but I don't see it after the boundary review fallout

She is and was an effective leader that took on an issue that needed to be dealt with after 40 years. But think about it. She was Mayor Gray's deputy. Wrong team.

So was Kaya

Anyone think she was forced out?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any Stoddert, Key, Marie Reed, Ross or Hyde-Addison parents with thoughts on the Fillmore Arts debacle? Davis owns that one too, no? When he met with the Stoddert community did he share that their arts program was going to be eliminated 2 months later?

He's a hack. Nobody gave the Fillmore schools notice about anything. Now the schools are stuck without any arts classes or classrooms, unless the new person steps in to keep it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Majority school and city is black. I'm confused. I am black and I say bring on the most qualified regardless of race. I would like urban experience (and teaching) though.

ITA. Another black parent here. We need a real teacher's teacher, of any background, at the helm if we want DCPS neighborhood schools to be good long-term options.

My concern is how to get someone who can fill the role we need now.

The original chancellor's job was a high-level political appointee of the mayor, but Bowser demoted the role to report to the DME.
It will be a cold day in hell before a DCPS chancellor gets chartering authority, which hinders cooperation on things like buildings and boundaries.
EMOC, facilities (Ellington), Chartwells, special education, WTU contract are legal quagmires with no quick fixes.

I don't know a thing about Davis. But if most of his time is with principals, I don't see how that will help on the frontlines with teachers and parents.

Any urban education technocrats out there?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, who do people actually want? What would an ideal candidate be?

I know my suggestion won't be popular -- least of all with the person I'm suggesting -- but I think Abigail Smith should be considered. I can't defend her entire track record, but I think she has dealt with the system long enough to know what can and should be fixed.

you're brave to post that here

She would be worth considering but I don't see it after the boundary review fallout

She is and was an effective leader that took on an issue that needed to be dealt with after 40 years. But think about it. She was Mayor Gray's deputy. Wrong team.

So was Kaya

Anyone think she was forced out?

Yes

From Bowser:

"Without a doubt, DCPS is a very different place today than it was when Kaya joined our school system in 2007. DCPS is the fastest improving urban school district in the country. After decades of decline, DCPS has also seen consistent, annual enrollment growth since Kaya became Chancellor—growing from 45,000 students in 2010 to nearly 49,000 students this year. While we will miss Kaya, we can all be proud of her team and her tenure as the second longest-serving leader of DCPS."

She's getting dragged down on multiple fronts. She likes and believes this ^^ story but knows the ending is a clunker.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, who do people actually want? What would an ideal candidate be?

I know my suggestion won't be popular -- least of all with the person I'm suggesting -- but I think Abigail Smith should be considered. I can't defend her entire track record, but I think she has dealt with the system long enough to know what can and should be fixed.

you're brave to post that here

She would be worth considering but I don't see it after the boundary review fallout

She is and was an effective leader that took on an issue that needed to be dealt with after 40 years. But think about it. She was Mayor Gray's deputy. Wrong team.

So was Kaya

Anyone think she was forced out?

Yes

From Bowser:

"Without a doubt, DCPS is a very different place today than it was when Kaya joined our school system in 2007. DCPS is the fastest improving urban school district in the country. After decades of decline, DCPS has also seen consistent, annual enrollment growth since Kaya became Chancellor—growing from 45,000 students in 2010 to nearly 49,000 students this year. While we will miss Kaya, we can all be proud of her team and her tenure as the second longest-serving leader of DCPS."

She's getting dragged down on multiple fronts. She likes and believes this ^^ story but knows the ending is a clunker.

She'll never just say -- 'DC is getting wealthier and whiter and that explains most of our gains . . . oh, and by the way, that unconscionable achievement gap was like that when I got here.'

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All I have to say is don't let the door hit ya in the a** on the way out. Good riddance

Why don't you like her?

She's become rather lazy and set in her ways.

[Anonymous]

Bring back Rhee. Time to swing a bigger, faster broom through DCPS!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I say bring back Michelle Rhee or better yet replace her with someone that will make the School System Great Again...like in Trump wanting America Great Again... Hint, the leader of the DCPS should reflect the majority of the school population and not the majority of the city... Bowser do the right thing and not the popular thing *coughs*

Talkng about the "angry white parent" syndrome about to raise it's ugly head. Trump-talk to the tenth-power....I guess will begin with building a border around Capitol Hill so that "others" won't cross the boundaries. Now the summer has gotten interesting.

You can't be serious. DC wants the best experienced talented person, regardless of skin color -- not someone based on their race to make a few activists feel good. Race as the most important hiring criterion over talent is one of the factors that led to DC's dysfunctional bad old days under Mayor Barry. Anyone care to remember what DCPS was like back then?

[Anonymous]

Chancellor= person acceptable to the developers, the business community, and Katherine Graham. No experience needed in the field of education. Henderson was Michelle Rhee's deputy chancellor although she did not possess a Master's degree. Later, she went back to school and obtained a Master's. By the way, Joel Klein, NYC's last Chancellor was trained in law. Since he left the Chancellor's position, he became involved in health care. His deficits led to the further decline of NYC's schools.

Superintendent=State superintendent certification
requirements What high-performing school districts have chancellors?

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately, the DC Council has no say in hiring a replacement:

http://dccode.org/simple/sections/38-174.html

Kinda sucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately, the DC Council has no say in hiring a replacement:

http://dccode.org/simple/sections/38-174.html

Kinda sucks.

Lobby for a change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What I enjoyed most about her letter was the capitalizing of some REALLY important job titles (Deputy Chancellor, Chancellor, and Mayor) vs. lower case for some of those more run-of-mill jobs (principal, president, first lady).

That's how it should be written.

No. It's not. You should never capitalize a title unless it precedes the name.

http://www.wikihow.com/Know-when-to-Capitalize-Job-Titles

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Melissa Kim?

She's awesome.

LOL